UKRAINE'S ELDERLY: LEFT BEHIND BY WAR: ukraine_elderlypaulabronstein_05

Chasov Yar, Donetsk region: Lyudmila Yevgenievna, age 64 from Chasov Yar is seen by windows at a residence for the elderly in Chasov Yar, Eastern Ukraine. All her relatives have died and she was left alone .Evgeniy Tkachev has founded the elderly care facility with his own money. He bought two private houses across the street from each other. One house is for elderly women, another for men. {quote}I evacuate elderly people from the stress affect by the conflict.{quote}These people have nowhere to go. Over 50% of the elderly here do not receive their pensions due to the loss of the documents.

Chasov Yar, Donetsk region: Lyudmila Yevgenievna, age 64 from Chasov Yar is seen by windows at a residence for the elderly in Chasov Yar, Eastern Ukraine. All her relatives have died and she was left alone .

Evgeniy Tkachev has founded the elderly care facility with his own money. He bought two private houses across the street from each other. One house is for elderly women, another for men. "I evacuate elderly people from the stress affect by the conflict.

"These people have nowhere to go.

Over 50% of the elderly here do not receive their pensions due to the loss of the documents.